Opera Web browser plugins security bypass

opera-plugins-security-bypass (39147) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Opera Web browser could allow a remote attacker to bypass cross-domain security restrictions, caused by an unspecified error related to specific plugins. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could use certain plugins to bypass same origin policy restrictions and gain unauthorized access to other domains. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to possibly perform cross-site scripting attacks and launch further attacks on the vulnerable system.

Platforms Affected:

  • Gentoo, Linux
  • Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
  • Novell, OpenSUSE 10.3
  • Opera, Opera prior to 9.25
  • SuSE, SuSE SLES 9

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Opera (9.25 or later), available from the Opera Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Bypass Security

References:

Reported:

Dec 19, 2007

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